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Sculpture
A new
£100,000 sculpture has been chosen to stand on the paved area at the
south-facing main entrance to the new HQ in East Market Street, due to
open soon (2006?) and house 1,800 employees
The
sculpture is be a 2.5 metre high
figure of a modern man wearing a plain shirt and trousers, standing on a
scaffolding platform 5m high.
The
figure, entitled Everyman, is
designed by Balkenhov, a German sculptor, now living in France, renowned
for his sculptures of citizens of the world.
When
this announcement was made in Edinburgh, it was met with both enthusiasm
and criticism.
[Edinburgh
Evening News, April 13, 2006: p.3]] |